5 Tips to Make Your Home Renovation Project More Tolerable

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Your home is your sanctuary.

When that serenity is shattered, you’ll feel it reverberate through your life.

Home upgrades offer many benefits, but the projects themselves can be stressful. Your clean, quiet home may be full of tools and noise for weeks or months.

From reworks to additions and repairs to redesigns, any project at your home takes a mental toll. Here are five tips to make the journey to your home upgrade more manageable.

1. Plan it Out Beforehand

Renovations are always more manageable when you know progress is being made. It’s the same principle that says doing something to work toward your goal will make you feel better, even if the goal isn’t realized yet.

To track progress, you must know what to expect. Just as you get a cost estimate before starting a project, get a time estimate. A timeline is even better – it can show what phase of the project should be completed when.

2. Establish Your Property’s Rules

The best home improvement contractors understand the field’s core philosophy – treat the customer’s home as it were your own. As the customer, you set the rules for your property.

No shoes on the carpet? No smoking or swearing? Your property, your call – and making these points early will give you a feeling of control. It also helps the contractor you’re hiring meet your expectations easier.

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3. Take Pictures During

Back to tracking progress – seeing is believing, so take pictures after every work session. As you watch your new room, building, or home take shape, you’ll become more eager for its progression.

Not only does this make each work session something to look forward to, it turns the renovation process in general to a unique and positive experience. Your photo collection will also make for a great slideshow.

4. Create a Tidy-Up Kit

Even with a renovator who follows your rules, renovations get messy. Create a kit to clean up small messes. It should include a hand vac, wipes, magnets, flashlights, and deodorizers.

You can also prepare the adjacent rooms. Drape blankets across the floors, and hang tarps over doorways. Keep a separate pair of shoes for walking around the work area. Ask your renovator about soundproofing to keep auditory messes contained.

5. Make Your Getaway

Even when the work is done for the day, the sight of a room-in-progress can be jarring. Renovation periods are good times to take those day trips you’ve always dreamed about.

I’ts even better when you have multiple days between work sessions. Whether you travel solo or with companions, you’ll build memories and build up your home simultaneously.

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